VIX and ESXi 4.1 - license issue ?
Hi, I am new with VIX and try to use it for a proto infrastructure.When I try to start a VM with VIX (from a VM of the same host) here is what I get : vmrun -T esx -h...
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Hi friends: I try to execute a program (*.exe) that is a script made for me. This program at the end create a file. I execute it manually and it finish and create the file successfully, but if I...
View Article[Urgent] Please help me out - Invalid user name or password on Guest Ubuntu
Hi, Ater searching on Google for 1 week, I have finally came here. please help me out. I have Windows 7 host OS and Ubuntu 11.04 for the Guest OS on running VMWare Workstation 6.5 I have any problem to...
View ArticleThere was an error in communication
ESX version: 3.5 U4VIX version: latest Command run:C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware VIX>vmrun -T esx -h https://172.17.235.10/sdk -u serveruser -p serverpass -gu administrator -gp guestpass...
View ArticleUnable to connect host. This operation is not supported with the current license
I am using a free license for ESXi 4.1 and trying to use vmrun 1.10.3 to start the VMs up.But I got the above ERROR. Can anyone confirm me that I need to pay a lincese for this operation? Free license...
View Article64-bits VIX API does not include implementation of libvix.so for vmware...
I've just installed the newest VIX API on SLES 10 64 bits and realized that it does not support vmware server 1.x. there is no /usr/lib/vmware-vix/server-1.0.9/64bit/libvix.so or...
View ArticleRunScriptInGuest & Admin Privileges
Hello, I am attempting to use the VIX Java extensions to run scripts in some of my VMs. I can talk, push files, and call scripts, but I've run into an issue. Some of the scripts I wish to run require...
View ArticleProblem linking against latest version of VixAllProducts.lib
I've researched various posts but none of the suggested workarounds seem to work. I am using VS 2010, linking against this library works fine in 1.10.3.Does anyone have any pointers? By the way, I get...
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Fusion 4 vmrun fileExistsInGuest results in "This operation is not supported...
HI, I have a Mac Mini server running OS X 10.7.3 Lion - on this I have VMware Fusion 4.11 installed - using Fusion I created a virtual mac running OS x 10.7.3 Lion Using the vmrun utility I am able to...
View ArticleExtention of VMDK file size failed
i would i like to extend the size of vmdk file. as it is very much useful in my project Below is the code which i am using for extenstion of vmdk file code 1: package...
View Articlesample code and API for ESX/ESXi kernel mode driver?
Hi, We are new at VMware and I am trying to figure out where is the documentation / sample code / API for the development of a kernel mode driver for a hardware storage solution that we would like to...
View ArticleMemory leak when using the wrapper library?
When compiling the following code against the windows wrapper library, I seem to have an memory leak. After ~1500 reverts is has consumed about 170 MB of RAM. It starts as about ~7MB. After ~50 the...
View Articlevifs --get internal error
Hi, I'm getting an internal error 500 from # vifs --server srv2 --username root --password *** -g "[SATA-RAID5] ISO/CentOS-6.2-x86_64-minimal.iso" ./xGET...
View ArticlePowerOn() doesn't work if remote Windows sessions are open
Dear Community Members, I would like to get support regarding VMWare Workstation. We are using the VMWare Workstation 9.0.1 (9.0.1 build-894247) to run tests directly on TFS build agents. It...
View ArticleVIX API - There was an error in communication
Hi, I cannot execute any VIX API vmrun command once the Virtual Machine is powered on.I can list all virtual machines, and power the machines on, but once the machine is powered on, every vmrun command...
View ArticleVMWare API: Create a Web for see my VMMachines status,info...
Hi all, I'm new in the VMWARE API World. I wish to create a web that let users check their VMMachine Info, status and also Reboot,Start or Shutdown. I've been looking for some info but I'm becoming...
View ArticleFrom where i can get the VMCI SDK which can be used in c# development...
HI,I want to implement communication between guest and host machines of a VM using VMCI . My development platform in c#.From where i can get the VMCI SDK which can be used in c# development environment?
View ArticlePowerON VM from remote via PSEXEC and API doesn't work
Frame:VMware Workstation 10.0VS-Studio 2012.NET 4.0Windows 7 64bitVestris.VMwareLib.Dll [version 1.7] <-- wrapper for VIX APIInstalled...
View Articlehow to unlock vmdk files?
Hi, Im using vix api to create a snapshot of guest os. After creating snapshot i try to download the snapshot files to remote machine without power off the guest os . But the problem is...
View ArticleExecuting "vmrun runScriptInGuest" on FreeBSD 8.2 guest
Hello, I would like to use VIX API to run some custom scripts on FreeBSD system. For that purpose I installed VMware Player 4.0 on my Windows 7 x32 host system, and then installed FreeBSD 8.2 guest...
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